aron Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Please read through and offer suggestions. I was using an LCD(only the crappy one on my lap top) and due to its weaknessess, I chose to purchase a CRT and love it. The problem with my lcd was no matter how hard I tried to calibrate it, the brightness and contrast simply were not even close. I thought I was over exposing images but was actually under. The CRT works great, but I want a bigger(19") monitor, but simply do not have the room for the huge depth of it. Question: does anyone make a very or at least more thin version of a CRT? Or are there LCD's that can more accurately represent correct brightness, contrast, color & saturation? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_konieczny Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 There are a couple of questions. Have you calibrated any of your monitors with a calibration kit? What is your budget for the LCD? The apple cinema displays came down in price in the last few weeks, the 20 inch is now $999. It is not cheap but well worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aron Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 I use a Spyder to calibrate, but my budget is not quite that high right now. Probably no more than $600. Will an Apple display work with PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamas_gaidosch Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I have recently bought an Eizo L557 LCD 17" display and calibrated it with the Spyder2. Colors look great to me. I liked that the deault supplied profile was not too off. The 6500K preset was quite reasonable, the Spyder measured it around 6400K. The RGB gains needed 2-4% adjustments. On the other hand I have given up calibrating my laptop display. What a nightmare. There is an 19" version of this monitor as well and it should be quite cheaper than the Cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aron Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 How are the higher quality lcd's with angle of view? It seems the lap top ones are of varying degrees of light or dark based on the angle at which you happen to view that image when edited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_chen7 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I have added a steptab to the background of my desktop, which I use to gauge the correct tilt (or angle of view) of my laptop LCD. I simply tilt the screen until I see all the levels of graduation. It's not a perfect solution, but it certainly more consistent.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aron Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 I like the steptab, I will copy and paste that for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_hughes4 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 good idea Andy. I like the small footprint of the lcd's but think that crt's are still way ahead in terms of quality image and price. yeah you can get an lcd that is comparable, but for a lot of money. check out west coast imaging's website for their opinion on the crt vs lcd. www.westcoastimaging.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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